Shoe-shiner.



P. W, 3100mm SHOE SHINBR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1909.

945,580. Patented Ja1;.4, 1910.

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PATRICK W. NOONAN, 0F WEBB CITY, MISSOURI.

SHOE-SHINER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK IV. NooNAN, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at lVebb City, in the county of J asper and Stateof Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Shiners,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shoe shiners, and one of the principal objectsof the same is to provide a shoe shiner in which the guide wires for thepolishing cloth are hinged to the base and are adapted to be foldedunderneath the same to occupy but little space when not in use and toalso hold the covers of the blacking boxes in place, said blacking boxesbeing disposed in recesses in the bottom of the base member of theshiner.

Another object of the invention is to provide a base having pivotedguide wires for the polishing cloth, said base having a ledge or stopfor the guide wires when in operative position.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe shiner nade in accordance withmy invention, said shiner being shown in use. Fig. 2 is a bottom planview of the shiner with the guide members disposed underneath the bottomof the base for holding the blacking boxes in place. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section of the same.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the base which ispreferably formed of a block of wood of the required din'iensions, saidblock having at its opposite enos outwardly projecting flanges 2.Fivoted at 3 underneath the flanges 52 are the inwardly bent arms 3 ofthe guide members l for the polishing cloth. These guide members whenthrown outward in position for use, as shown in Fig. l, are held inproper horizontal position by means of the stop shoulders 5 formed bythe projecting flanges 2.

Formed in the underside of the block of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 19, 190B.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

Serial No. 503,134.

the base 1 are recesses 6 designed to hold blacking boxes 7 or boxes ofpolishing materials, said boxes each being provided with a cover 8. Whenthe shiner is not in use the guide members at are swung underneath thebase member 1 for holding the covers 8 on the boxes 7, as shown in Figs.2 and 3, thus also disposing the guide arms within the contour of thebase 1.

In use, the guide members 4 are thrown out from the position shown inFig. 2, said members being stopped by the shoulders 5. The boxes 7 arethen removed from the base for use in polishing the shoes, and thepolishing cloth a is passed over the shoe and underneath the guidemembers 4, the operator grasping the ends of the polishing cloth a andpulling it back and forth alternately by one hand and then the other.The upper surface 9 of the base 1 may be utilized for advertisingpurposes.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a shoe shiner made inaccordance with my invention is simple in construction, will hold thepolishing materials in place within the base, and that the guide membersfor the polishing cloth may be swung underneath the block for holdingthe covers 011 the boxes of polisiiing materials, said guide memberswhen thrown out being held-in horizontal positions by the shoulders 5.

I claim A shoe shiner comprising a block or base having projecting endflanges, guide members having inwardly extending arms at their endspivoted underneath the flanges, said block having recesses in theunderside thereof for containing boxes of polishing materials, saidguide members being adapted to be swung underneath the block and boxesfor holding said boxes.

In testimony whereof I afl lx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK IV. NOONAN.

lVitnesses: Y

VVILLIAM H. RUGH, COURTNEY Gr. TaLcorT.

